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8/9/07: We Hear Your Cries, Nearly 2 Years After Katrina 1) Don’t
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1. Don’t
Forget Hurricane Katrina And Rita Victims! SIGN PETITION (link below) that asks 2008 presidential candidates to prioritize rebuilding in the Gulf Coast. In the COMMENTS box on petition, be sure to mention the hundreds of thousands of animals left behind...and remind candidates that we the people want FUNDING and ENFORCEMENT for the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS Act). PETITION: Don't Forget Hurricane Katrina and
Rita Victims! Two years after the devastation brought on by Hurricane Katrina and Rita, the Gulf Coast is still hurting. Tens of thousands still live in temporary housing. Schools are closed. Businesses are struggling. Continued neglect threatens to leave people poor and more at risk. With politicians are suffering from "Katrina amnesia," the current presidential candidates have a renewed chance to bring the Gulf Coast the help it needs. Rebuilding plans must be outlined for the southern states — before the next election. Join us in asking the 2008 presidential candidates to issue their agenda outlining how, as president, they will recover the hurricane-devastated region! FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE, Conducting
Disaster Rescues, AR2007 - Los Angeles: KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 2. Katrina
Rescue Cat Needs Special Home For 5 Months 8/5/07, from jalthans@chnola.org — Galaxy was rescued from Lakeview in New Orleans in February of 2006. His owner Ryan Ballard was located, and several weeks later Ryan brought Galaxy back to his new home in Colorado. Galaxy now has kidney failure (possibly due to exposure to toxins after Katrina) and needs daily medication. His owner will be out of the country for 5 months beginning AUGUST 10th, and needs someone to care for Galaxy. Ryan is willing to fly Galaxy anywhere in the continental United States. Galaxy is a very sweet, laid back cat.
CONTACT: Ryan S Ballard FROM GALAXY'S GUARDIAN: I need to find a shelter/home/foster care for my cat, Galaxy, IMMEDIATELY! Im getting married out of the country and we leave on August 10! We will be gone 5 months. This has all been planned and booked for over a year, and we cant cancel the wedding because Galaxy is sick. The normal foster pet care options are not working. My friends and family are not willing to take him in. Galaxy is a very sick kitty. He has total and permanent kidney failure and I give him subcutaneous fluid injections each morning and night to keep him alive. But, he has responded well to the treatment and I think he will be ok if we can find a place to stay while we are gone. Galaxy is a survivor. We are from New Orleans and our whole family survived Katrina... We’re staying in a hotel in Manitou Springs, CO until we leave for our trip in a week. Home care is not an option, we have no home. I’ll bring him to anyone in the continental US who can look after him (either permanent or until we get back in early January... I’ll work with you). I am running out of time. Please let me know if you can help in any
way...
3. Not Too
Far From Here - Katrina Animal Relief Video (Current Footage) VIDEO — http://youtube.com/watch?v=vOlXawoqRv8 NOTE FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE: Please watch this video. PASS IT ALONG on behalf of Katrina’s forgotten victims — human and animal. The neglected Gulf Coast is our nation’s disgrace. 8/2/07, from tundraleap@msn.com — June 30, 2006: Twenty-two months post-Katrina. Less than half of the people have returned, while many who have returned, have decided to leave again, for good. However, the forgotten Katrina refugees, the animals, have no choice. They remain, living in the debris, surviving on feeding stations or whatever food sources they can find. I have continued my journey to save these forgotten animals, a journey that I thought would last a couple of months; then 6 months surely would be it; perhaps I'll continue till the year anniversary; but 22 months later, I see no end. Groups have helped with TNR to control the population of homeless animals, but thousands remain. While some areas are thriving with residents and businesses, in many areas of New Orleans, as well as parishes such as St. Bernard and Plaquemines, one can travel for miles and see nothing but total devastation. Yet dogs and cats live among this devastation. To hear the animals cry, to see them watching as we fill food pans, and to see them waiting at f/w stations — it's heartbreaking. Over the months, as residents return, so has crime, including dog fighting, cockfighting (illegal within the city limits,) animal abuse and neglect, in addition to drug related crimes, child neglect, etc., all of which we report. We try to educate the residents on proper animal care and we try to provide them with pet essentials. Volunteers and donations are still needed. Volunteers are needed in all areas — shelter work, TNR, feeding, trapping, etc. CONTACT: http://animalrescueneworleans.org/ or www.arfl.petfinder.com/... This latest video describes the devastated areas of New Orleans and the animals who live there. Most animals shown are not emaciated, or even very skinny. We provide healthy food for them, that lasts approximately 3 days. They must learn to search for food, and they do so during the remaining 4 days. However, by time we return, they’re starving; they wait at feeding stations.  
Two photos, from Kinship Circle’s animal aid trip in February 2007, seen in video: Not Too Far From Here http://youtube.com/watch?v=vOlXawoqRv8 Please help us avoid this ever happening again. We have a Pet Evacuation Bill in place, and we have a pet evacuation plan, but we need volunteers to make it work. If you have not already registered with LSART, please do so today*** Active hurricane season is upon us. If you have any questions about volunteering, feel free to contact me. Pam Leavy ***Request copy of LSART REGISTRATION FORM from Pam Leavy: tundraleap@msn.com My
other Katrina videos, beginning Sept. 2005: 4.
Please Help KAT 5 Win A $10,000 Grant Kat 5 Animal Rescue is a 501(c)(3) comprised of volunteers
from across the country who came together in the wake of 8/2/07, from kat5animalrescue@yahoo.com — You may remember the email I sent out earlier this year, requesting everyone's assistance to win a grant for KAT 5 Animal Rescue through Kevin Bacon's 6 degrees contest. Last time, we did not get in the running but we did raise over $2,000. 100% of which paid for the care of the remaining dogs from a cruelty/hoarder case that KAT 5 has been saving the animals from for over a year now. This time we're making one last HUGE effort to win this for the animals. This contest ends next month, and we could really use everyone's support to win! The winner is is based on the NUMBER of donations ($10 or more) — NOT the amount of money donated. Please help us reach our goal by donating just $10 to our cause... Follow link — and click orange "DONATE" button: www.networkforgood.org/pca/Badge.aspx?BadgeId=106179 Once you've donated, please forward this email on — encourage your husband or wife, your parents, children, friends, coworkers, etc to all donate just $10 as well. We need to reach as many people as possible! Thank you SO much for helping KAT 5 Animal Rescue try to win a grant for $10,000 — that money can save many animals. Susan Meyer, Executive Director, KAT 5 Animal Rescue • kat5animalrescue@yahoo.com 5.
Attention Katrina Pet Adopters 8/2/07, from vanessa4animalz@hotmail.com — YOUR PETS CAN STILL BE TAKEN BACK AT ANY TIME. Recently to my surprise, someone contacted me about a Katrina rescue cat that I adopted. They thought it might be the cat they were helping a family look for who’d evacuated during Katrina flooding near New Orleans. The cat did not turn out to be the correct pet, but what I learned is that according to the law in Louisiana, none of the adoptions that occurred since Katrina are real, and an original owner has at least another year where they can still reclaim their pet, even if the pet is already in a permanent home. While I always knew my kitty might go home, I was told that adoptions were legally final after several months. I and others e adopted Katrina pets to help save lives... In my case, our cat was rescued by a friend who was based at the Winn-Dixie store. While not an "official" rescue site, she said they made every effort to load information about rescued pets on the internet. Thousands more pets were moved to animal shelters around the country for fostering and those not reunited were adopted to good homes. I’ve been told the Louisiana Department of Agriculture had all groups sign papers saying they would hold pets in foster for a specific amount or time before adoption, but that time was measured in weeks, not years. THAT POSITION CHANGED. ACCORDING TO LOUISIANA, YOUR ADOPTED KATRINA PETS ARE NOT YOURS. Please spread the word so people understand this. The state of Louisiana says all rescued pets are just physical property Under property law, any original owner can take their pet back up to 3 years after the storm, and maybe longer. This doesn’t just affect pets in shelters, but all the thousands of pets safely in new homes for 2 years now... Our hearts have always gone out to all people who had to evacuate and leave their pets. I personally helped ship home 3 different pets from our shelter in Atlanta in the 6 months after the storm... But now it's 2 years later and no one is taking into account the emotional needs of the animals... For the sake of the animals, and the willingness of me or anyone to ever again provide a home for an animal after a disaster, there must be a reasonable cut off day for reclaiming a pet. Not days. Six months, maybe 1 year, but 3 years? Animals are not property — they have souls and needs and fears and feelings and are not a chair or a car. My friends who volunteered for Stealth group long ago decided the time for reuniting adopted pets had passed, and new adopters and their happy pets should be left to live their lives in peace, especially when the original owners have gotten on with their lives. But some organizations continue to search for lost pets, even if it means taking a pet from a perfectly loving home. You can find many websites with an almost religious crusade to take pets from their new homes. I know they mean well... So what should you do if you have a Katrina rescue pet? If you do still want your pet to be reunited, please check to make sure the correct information is still on the PetFinder internet database, (which virtually no one knows how to contact, but if you look on Google, you will find people who can help). You would assume it's there, but it probably is not. If you do not want your pet to be taken from you after all this time, you need to just hold your breath for another year.
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Cats Outlived Katrina, But Now Face Desertion. Who Can Help? 7/9/07, from ramonabillot@yahoo.com — A colony of roughly 25 cats face life with no caregiver by the end of July. Their wonderful guardian Janice — who maintains this colony at the state facility in Belle Chasse, LA (Plaquemines Parish) where she’s employed — will be blocked from the property as it closes to await new tenants. Once closed, no one can set foot on the grounds. We have no idea how long these cats will wait and wait and wait... We’re desperate to remove them before the facility closes. They relied upon Janice for the last 10 YEARS and survived Katrina. They don’t deserve to suffer without food or a caregiver. PLEASE
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CAAWS Won The Burger King Campaign - $50,000! 8/1/07, from piglets_ten@yahoo.com — Just to let u all know that CAAWS won the Burger King Campaign For Your Cause! We won $50,000! Thank ALL of you who kept the faith and never stopped voting! We did it...Thank YOU SO MUCH! KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:
8. ARNO: Finding Forever Homes SOURCE: http://animalrescueneworleans.org/
SEE ALL ARNO SWEETIES-IN-NEED: IN GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA
9. Lakeview
Cats Roaming
www.lakeviewcats.org/ — This website was created for the cats that are still roaming in Lakeview since Hurricane Katrina. Kathy Sweeney and Jeanette Althans coordinate the feeding, trapping, and reunion efforts. The Remote Reunion Campaign, ARNO, Kinship Circle and others provide assistance with various items. Please visit our Other Links page for more information:www.lakeviewcats.org/favorite.htm Foster and Forever Homes Needed! Many kittens and former pets must be returned to the street if foster or forever homes are not available. Lakeview Residents Needed to Assist. We’d like to transition some food/water stations to Lakeview residents. Please contact us if you are able to help. CONTACT LAKEVIEW CATS ROAMING IF...
10. Sassy's
Miracle 7/30/07, from ramonabillot@yahoo.com —Sassy, a Katrina survivor twice over, goes out on a transport today to South Carolina, to a new home! Thanks SO much to everyone who responded and offered assistance. It is a great feeling to know Sassy will never have to scavenge for food and shelter again and that she will be warm and dry for the rest of her life! Ramona Billot, PCAT (Plaquemines Cat Action Team), plaqueminescat@yahoo.com KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:
 
A happy ending for a true Katrina survivor! 11. 3,200 Animals
Helped! 7/30/07, from lmccomiskey@SHERGARNER.com — Today, 18 months after the administration of Animal Rescue New Orleans, or ARNO, was transitioned to local leaders Charlotte Bass Lilly and Robin Beaulieu, ARNO is making a difference in an area still limping toward recovery after Katrina devastated much of the New Orleans and Gulf Coast areas. ARNO is now breaking the 3,200 mark. That is 3,200 animals that this grassroots organization has helped since March 2006 and this number includes only those animals who have received an "official" ARNO intake number...the number of animals who continue to receive ARNO's help that do not have an official number only makes this number go higher! 3,200 animals helped by this grassroots organization in the past 18 months In the past 7 months alone, ARNO has transported 355 healthy cats and kittens to no-kill organizations, rescues and shelters in other areas of the country where the placement rate and retention rate are much higher than here in New Orleans...that is an average of 50 cats per month! ARNO needs your support in order to continue this mission. http://animalrescueneworleans.org/ If you’ve ever received assistance from ARNO, or if you’ve ever helped ARNO, then you already know what a worthwhile organization ARNO is. With so many animals still being euthanized at local kill shelters (with taxpayers dollars) ARNO is saving lives on a fraction of that cost. Please forward this request for help...to everyone you think would want ARNO to be able to continue making a difference. Thanks for your help, Lise McComiskey, Paralegal, Sher Garner Cahill
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12. Specialty
License Plate To Address Pet Overpopulation
New "Animal Friendly" License Plate to Raise Funds for Mass Sterilization of Pets / New Orleans — The Humane Society of Louisiana has announced the creation of a new state-wide funding mechanism that will target Louisiana's chronic pet overpopulation problem. Several years ago, the group successfully drafted and lobbied for the passage of LA. R.S. 47:463.60 (D), which created the Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council. Ten members serve on the council, including State Senator Willie Mount and State Representative Nina Hutter. The law also created an "animal friendly" license plate, which will be manufactured and sold within a few weeks by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, according to Ms. Deanna Albert, of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Ms. Albert can be reached by calling 225-922-2158. Ms. Albert also serves on the Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council, along with a representative from the Humane Society of Louisiana, and representatives from the Louisiana State Veterinarian Office, the Southern Animal Foundation, the St. Tammany Humane Society, and the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association. A $25.00 surcharge will be added on to each animal friendly license plate sold. The funds will be deposited into the Pet Overpopulation Fund. The monies will then be distributed to vet clinics and humane societies, through grants that will be used to subsidize low-cost sterilization procedures. Low-income pet owners on state or federal assistance can qualify for this program, once the funds are available. "This is an exciting program that has enormous potential to address a widespread problem in our state," says Jeff Dorson, who lobbied for passage of this bill. "We believe these plates will be one of the best selling speciality plates ever produced, given the size of the problem and passion of those individuals and humane organizations trying to curb pet overpopulation," adds Dorson. 13. Lyle, Featured
In Film Dark Water Rising, Needs Your Help
Lyle has been through the wringer since he was rescued almost two years ago. Lyle went form Winn Dixie to the Humane Society of Louisiana in Tylertown, Mississippi. Lyle then went to a dismal situation in Kentucky where he lived on a chain. Lyle was then re-rescued from horrible conditions and brought back to HSLA where he resides to this day. Lyle needs a situation where he will get more attention, out of the crowded atmosphere at HSLA Tylertown, and where he can have more stability and personalized care. A great scenario would be a place where he will get rehabilitated & then be able to be placed in a real home. "Lyle, unfortunately, was one of the dogs that was taken by a woman to Kentucky in October of 2005 claiming to be a rescuer. When he was recovered from her property in February of 2006 he was bloated, had a skin infection and his fur was awful looking. Lyle was kept on a toe chain. Several vets have said that his behavioral and physical changes are consistent with anabolic steroids", said Shelli Brooks, HSLA volunteer. Below are photos (courtesy of Chuck Meyer) of the situation in Kentucky
where Lyle was re-rescued from: "He's in a good state of health now, heartworm negative and neutered; he just needs a place to go. Like most of the dogs at HSLA Tylertown, Lyle lives in an outdoor kennel. Sometimes he doesn't go into his dog house when it's raining and will just sit up against the fence during a storm and stare at the house where the people are", said Shelli Brooks HSLA volunteer. Despite the hardships that Lyle has endured, he retains a puppy's sense of joy. "Lyle has been crowned our King of Comedy! He has first place on the list of the most entertaining dogs to watch at the shelter, since everything he does is done in such a comical, funny, and entertaining way. Lyle adores chilling out and LOVES laying out in his kiddie pool on hot, summer days! Lyle also loves to chew on tennis balls and then take them apart. While tennis balls provide Lyle with great fun, his most favorite toy in the whole universe is his teaser ball. Lyle LOVES to talk to (yes, talk!) and play with his teaser ball. He talks to it, pushes it, and throws it in the air. He loves to run around the play area with his teaser ball and, sometimes, even takes it into his kiddie pool when he needs a good cooling off. But, despite his comical, fun-loving behavior, Lyle does have one flaw…he doesn't like to share what he is chewing on, so people need to be careful not to pull any toys, tennis balls, or raw hides out of his mouth. The good news is that with positive training and trust, Lyle can eventually learn to share his things with people. He's a good boy with lots of personality and would do better in a place where there are less dogs than HSLA has on their site now and where he will get the rehabilitation that he needs to get the life that he deserves", said Shelli Brooks HSLA volunteer. If you think you may be able to accommodate Lyle or have any questions, please contact KAT 5 Animal Rescue: 972-898-3300 • kat5animalrescue@yahoo.com To read about and/or buy Dark Water Rising: www.darkwaterrising.com/ 14. Hero Dog
Who Helped in 9/11 And Katrina Rescue Dies
7/26/07, NEW YORK — A black Labrador who became a national canine hero after burrowing through white-hot, smoking debris in search of survivors at the World Trade Center site died Wednesday after a battle with cancer. Owner Mary Flood had Jake put to sleep Wednesday after a last stroll through the fields and a dip in the creek near their home in Oakley, Utah. He was in too much pain at the end, shaking with a 105-degree fever as he lay on the lawn. No one can say whether the dog would have gotten sick if he hadn't been exposed to the smoky air at Ground Zero, but cancer in dogs Jake's age (he was 12) is common. Some rescue dog owners who worked at the World Trade Center site claim their animals have died because of their work at Ground Zero. But scientists who have spent years studying the health of Sept. 11 search-and-rescue have found no sign of major illness in the animals. The results of an autopsy on Jake's cancer-riddled body will be part of a University of Pennsylvania medical study of Sept. 11 search-and-rescue dogs. Flood had adopted Jake as a 10-month-old disabled puppy — abandoned on a street with a broken leg and a dislocated hip. "But against all odds he became a world-class rescue dog," said Flood, a member of Utah Task Force 1, one of eight federal search-and-rescue teams that desperately looked for human remains at ground zero. Flood eventually trained Jake to become one of fewer than 200 U.S. government-certified rescue dogs — a muscular animal on 24-hour call to tackle disasters such as building collapses, earthquakes, hurricanes and avalanches. After Hurricane Katrina, Flood and Jake drove 30 hours from Utah to Mississippi, where they searched through the rubble of flooded homes in search of survivors. In recent years, Jake helped train younger dogs and their handlers across the country... He also did therapy work with children at a Utah camp for burn victims and at senior homes and hospitals. "He was a great morale booster wherever he went," says Flood. "He believed his cup was always full, never half-full. He was always ready to work, eager to play — and a master at helping himself to any unattended food items.” ...Jake's ashes will be scattered "in places that were important to him," says Flood, like his Utah training grounds, the rivers and hills near home where he swam and roamed. 15. Worst Of
Hurricane Season Still To Come [?] EDITED FOR LENGTH 7/26/07, By Jim Loney, Reuters, MIAMI (July 25) — Nearly eight weeks have passed since the last tropical storm in the Atlantic-Caribbean region faded away, but banish any notion the 2007 hurricane season has been unusually slow and beware coming months, experts say. The peak of the six-month season is just around the corner... On average, June and July produce zero to two named storms or hurricanes. So far this year there have been two. Andrea formed in early May, Barry on June 1. There's plenty of evidence the first two months are meaningless as an indicator for the rest of the season. In 2004, the first storm didn't form until August 1. It ultimately became Hurricane Alex and kicked off one of the worst Atlantic seasons in decades. By mid-August that year, there had been five storms. The entire 2004 season saw 15 storms, including nine hurricanes. Four of them, Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, hit Florida. Each caused more than $6 billion damage and all four rank among the top 10 costliest storms in U.S. history... Stormy September Forecasters have predicted 2007 will see an above-average number of storms. The averages for the past 40 years are 10.9 storms, 6.1 hurricanes and 2.3 intense hurricanes with winds above 110 mph. A Colorado State University team led by forecasting pioneer Bill Gray has predicted 17 Atlantic storms, with nine becoming hurricanes and five reaching intense strength.NOAA's forecast calls for a range of 13 to 17 storms, seven to 10 hurricanes and three to five intense hurricanes. London-based Tropical Storm Risk predicts 14.7 storms, 7.9 hurricanes and 3.5 intense hurricanes. Private forecaster WSI Corp. on Tuesday lowered its forecast to 14 storms from 15 and to six hurricanes from eight... 16. ARNO Needs
Evacuation Volunteers 7/18/07, from table25@bellsouth.net — ARNO needs evacuation volunteers in the event of Cat 2 or higher storm. Category 2 or higher storm calls for mandatory evacuation of all parishes south of Interstate 10. ARNO is updating our disaster evacuation volunteer records from last year and calling for additional volunteers. ARNO has been chosen in Orleans Parish to man the 13 pet/people evacuation sites. We need qualified volunteer animal handlers who can handle this job BEFORE a storm hits our area, and will occur before mandatory evacuation is called for the entire area. ARNO is working under the authority of the LA/SPCA for the City of New Orleans and Homeland Security. The 13 pet/people evacuation sites will be scattered throughout Orleans Parish. These sites are for people who do not have transportation out of the city and have pets to evacuate with them. Volunteers for ARNO for this duty must have experience in handling nervous excitable pets and people. In addition your personality must be friendly, outgoing and understanding of residents. Pets and people will be transported from the 13 evacuation sites via bus to New Orleans Arena where they will unload, be tagged on wrist and neck with a UPC code to identify people with their pets and that information put into a computer database immediately. People and pet buses will then proceed to Louisiana destinations with facilities that shelter people with separate facilities next to the human shelter for their pets. ARNO will also be evacuating our shelter in the event of a mandatory evacuation. Depending on timing our shelter will be evacuated either before or after we assist with pet/people evacuation in Orleans Parish. Volunteers who can offer assistance with shelter evacuation animal handling and animal care at shelter destination are also needed. We will need cat and dog handlers and caretakers. After evacuation duties for Orleans Parish residents are performed, any available volunteers who are not assigned to ARNO evacuation/shelter duties will be available for duties under LSART, Louisiana Search and Rescue Team for pre- and post-storm shelter care and/or rescue assignments, with assigned duties dependent upon needs of the State. If you are qualified and interested in being a part of making sure that
personal pets leave Orleans Parish before a storm, ARNO would appreciate
your assistance as a volunteer and member of our team. 17. Hurricane
Katrina: Live From Day One 7/17/07, from amanda@muttshack.org — An incredible short You Tube film by filmmaker Ride Hamilton dedicated to raise money for MuttShack so that we can rescue animals before a disaster strikes. We made a promise! Please watch and forward. WATCH FILM: www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ride+hamilton 18. Louisiana
Needs Animal Evacuation Volunteers 7/16/07, from Pam Leavy & Joe Dubois, LSART Volunteer Coordinators, lsartvolunteer@gmail.com — Hurricane season is upon us. Louisiana is in need of response volunteers in the event of a hurricane evacuation. Help us help our animals. REQUEST REGISTRATION + INSTRUCTIONS for becoming a Louisiana State Animal
Response Team member (LSART): Louisiana State Animal Response Team LVMA-SART • 8550 United Plaza
Blvd. • Baton Rouge, La. 70809 We currently need volunteers at Parish Pick-up Points where LSART Volunteers will be asked to register and load pets during the pre-storm evacuation process. In addition, we need animal shelter volunteers at the mega shelters in Shreveport and Alexandria. TO VOLUNTEER FOR LSART, YOU WILL NEED: For more information on the Louisiana evacuation plans:
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More photos posted here: 
News Release: July 31, 2007
7/20/07, from Susan Meyer, Executive Director of
KAT 5 Animal Rescue —
KAT 5 Animal Rescue President, Larry Roberts, rescued Lyle in New Orleans
after Hurricane Katrina. Below is an excerpt from Mike Shiley's film
Dark Water
Rising showing Lyle's rescue:
PHOTO: AP. Sept. 22, 2001: Mary Flood leashes her black Labrador retriever
search and rescue dog, Jake, near the World Trade Center in New York.
